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Q&A In a dialogue, how do you write that a character says a letter?

Since I don't know how to make the title less ambiguous, I will explain myself with examples. Example 1: imagine that in a dialogue between two mathematicians, one reads aloud the following senten...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by user13057‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T04:04:50Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar user13057‭ · 2019-12-08T04:04:50Z (almost 5 years ago)
Since I don't know how to make the title less ambiguous, I will explain myself with examples.

Example 1: imagine that in a dialogue between two mathematicians, one reads aloud the following sentence from a paper:

"The variable x is greater than the variable y."

How would you write his dialog line? That is, complete the following:

"Hey, look at this." He said. "According to this paper, the variable ..."

Example 2: a character spells a word or abbreviation, such as 'TM1'.

I think all the following look awkward inside a dialogue line:

- "I liked the TM1 better."
- "I liked the T M one better."
- "I liked the tee em one better."
#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2015-02-28T11:25:32Z (over 9 years ago)
Original score: 4